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Swing It

Swing It

Music

16m

June 30, 1936 (89 years ago)

Overview

Louis Prima, between song numbers, tells how he happened to get a job in a Hollywood cafe playing music while a couple, unrelated to anything else, play a slot machine in the background. This short was reissued in 1944 and again in 1952. Lucille Ball has a bit part. Song numbers include; "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "Up a Lazy River", "Dinah","Basin Street Blues" and "Johnny Get Your Gun."

ActorAge thenAge now
Louis Prima

Louis Prima

Louis Prima - Band Leader

Birthday: December 7, 1910

25 August 24, 1978 (67)
Pee Wee Russell

Pee Wee Russell

Himself

Birthday: March 27, 1906

30 February 15, 1969 (62)